Posted on 12/10/2007 7:12:18 AM PST by jan in Colorado
Police in Colorado on Monday were looking into possible links between shootings at a Christian evangelical church and a missionary training center over the weekend that left four victims and a gunman dead.
A man dressed in black, wearing combat boots and holding an assault rifle and at least one handgun, opened fire in the parking lot of the vast evangelical New Life church in Colorado Springs after Sunday services, killing one person on the spot and wounding others. A second person died later, police said.
A security guard shot and killed the gunman, Colorado Springs Police Chief Richard Myers told a news conference.
Police did not identify the gunman. There were about 7,000 people in the building when the shooting erupted, a pastor said.
In an incident about 12 hours earlier and 70 miles away, a man entered a Christian missionary training center in the Denver suburb of Arvada and killed two young missionaries with a handgun shortly after midnight, police said.
The Arvada gunman, also dressed in dark clothing, fled on foot in the snow.
The attacks -- both at Christian religious buildings on a Sunday shortly before Christmas -- caused shock and dismay.
They came just four days after a 19-year-old man killed eight people and then himself with an assault rifle at a busy shopping mall in Omaha, Nebraska.
Police in the two Colorado cities were sharing information but there was no indication of the motive in either case.
"We have not been able to identify a motive as of yet," Colorado Springs police spokesman Skip Arms told CNN.
While Myers said there was no information that the attacks were related, Arvada Police Chief Don Wick said there could be a connection.
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Yeah, he asked that. He’s a buffoon. I’m gonna call fox this evening and tell them what I think of him
THIS is what the MSM should be focusing on if they had a single ounce, one cintilla of true jounalism left in their collective system. This is the news, along with he attack itself, that should be grabbing healines:
"ARMED HEROINE PREVENTS SLAUGHTER AT CHURCH BY SHOOTING THE ATTACKER DEAD"
Thank God that pastor there LISTENED to the inspiration he felt regarding protecting his flock, and then ACTED on it that morning by getting the additional security in place, which included, among other things as I understand it, getting his people to safe places within the church, each group protected by an armed security guard, and getting them out of the line of fire...as well as having this particular security guard near him who was able (and WILLING) to react to the attack by taking the fight directly to the perp and taking him down.
Without such actions and plan, there would have been a much, much more horrific body count I am afraid...which just punctuates the point of arming the people so they can stop such attacks as they develop.
I shudder to think what would have happened if there had not been armed members inside that church. The fact that they were informed about the earlier shooting and had increased their security, also contributed to saving lives.
THIS is what the MSM should be focusing on if they had a single ounce, one cintilla of true jounalism left in their collective system. This is the news, along with he attack itself, that should be grabbing healines:
"ARMED HEROINE PREVENTS SLAUGHTER AT CHURCH BY SHOOTING THE ATTACKER DEAD"
Thank God that pastor there LISTENED to the inspiration he felt regarding protecting his flock, and then ACTED on it that morning by getting the additional security in place, which included, among other things as I understand it, getting his people to safe places within the church, each group protected by an armed security guard, and getting them out of the line of fire...as well as having this particular security guard near him who was able (and WILLING) to react to the attack by taking the fight directly to the perp and taking him down.
Without such actions and plan, there would have been a much, much more horrific body count I am afraid...which just punctuates the point of arming the people so they can stop such attacks as they develop.
You signed up today to spread rumors, so you ought to be zotted.
Deja vous? Or did you already say that once? /grin
Same response to two different posters...when posting, going through my “pings” I thought they were seperate threads. Obviously, I should have CC’d both on the same response.
Unnamed sources?
Shep frequently reminds me of an old episode of Married, With Children, wherein Kelly Bundy lands a high-paying job as the local weather-babe. It lasts a few days, then her employer discovers that she's not quite smart enough to read the TelePrompter.
Don’t be too concerned about that Dave. Have you ever been at the wrong end of a gun barrel before with someone shooting it? I have, and you tend to pee your pants. Survival instinct is generally stronger than you think it is though, but, at the same time, there are those who will leap in front of a bullet to save others without any regard to themselves.
In my old hometown (Detroit) a few days ago, a 7 year old girl jumped in front of a crazed man and took six bullets to save her mom.
Sometimes, the person who is thrust into a situation will do things that are completely superhuman, sometimes they crumble. You can’t blame people too much for being paralyzed with fear when a man with a rifle starts shooting.
A Colorado Springs PD press conference is scheduled for 3:00 pm today. I will try to post any new information that comes out there.
Bump your post devolve.
On the radio, Matthew Murray identified as the shooter in both locations. His neighbors described him as a loner.
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I heard they were Marshmallow chicks.
The zot is fast.
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Lots to come yet
I doubt that all will (ever) be revealed
No athesists or non-Christans seem to have been targeted
FNC’s Shep Smith is a moron asking why security was needed in a church
Why did Willie Sutton rob banks instead picking of a diner full of cops who just got paid Shep?
Could it be that is where he knew his unarmed victims would be?
I have Concealed Weapon Permit #008 in my county. I had a Florida permit for years. I had a home invader break down my front door one night when I lived in FL. When I puled out my gun he stopped his charge toward me and ran. That is how most crimes are prevented by gun owners...without firing a shot. Unfortunately there are occasions like this that can’t be stopped by any other means.
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